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GATE LATCH Patented Nov. 5, 1895,

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CHARLES WV. NEWTON, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

GATE-LATCH. I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 549,386, dated November5, 1895.

Application filed April 5, 1895- serial N- 544,563- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. NEWTON, of Kansas City, WVyandottecounty, Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGate-Latches, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompany ing drawings, forminga part thereof.

My invention relates to fasteners or latches for gates; and my object isto provide a device of this character which combines simplicity withstrength and cheapness of con struction and is positive and reliable inoperation.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel and peculiarfeatures of construction and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter described and claimed.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, I will proceed todescribe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 represents a face view of a gate provided with a latchembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, on an enlargedscale, of said latch, the face-plate of the casing being omitted.

In the said drawings, 1 designates a hingepost of the gate 2, and 3 thelatch-post, provided with the ordinary upwardly-disposed latch-hook 4:,having its outer end beveled or inclined in the ordinary manner.

5 designates the latch-block, which is recessed in its front face toform the connecting and oppositely-diverging cavities 6 and 7, the

inclined wall 8 overhanging said cavity 6 and the oppositely-inclinedwall 9 overhanging the cavity 7. The wall 9 at its outer end is providedwith a notch 10. The latch-bar 11 is pivotally connected at 12 to saidlatch-block at the junction of said cavities 6 and 7 and has its shorterend, which occupies the cavity 7, recessed and provided with a pin 13,upon which is pivotally mounted the lower end of the push-rod 14, whichextends vertically upward through the notch 10. Said push-rod 14 isguidedin its vertical movement by a sleeve 15, secured to the upper endof the gate. A lift-spring 16 is secured at one end by a rivet 17 or inany other suitable manner to the bottom wall of the cavity 6, and hasits free end 18 projecting into the cavity 7 and bearing against theunder side of the short end of the latch-bar 11, so as to always holdits outer or longer end depressed, as shown in full lines in thedrawings. To prevent the accidental dislocation of said latch-bar, Iprovide a faceplate 19, which is secured by screws 20 or in any othersuitable manner to the outer face of the latch-block 5 and bridges thecavities 6 and 7.

It will now be seen when the gate is closed and locked by the engagementof the latchbar with the upwardly-disposed latch-hook 4 that it is onlynecessary to depress the push-rod 11. This action raises the outer endof the latch-bar to the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, when thegate is free to be opened. When the gate is closed, the projecting orouter end of the latchbar, which is normally held depressed by thespring 18, comes in contact with the beveled 0r inclined edge of thehook 1, and rides upon and over the same until it engages the inner sideof the latch-hook, and is therefore locked in its closed position, aswill be understood.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced agate-latch which is simple and inexpensive of construc tion and positiveand reliable in action, and which, furthermore, can be easily placedupon or removed from a gate.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A gate-latch, comprising a casing, formed with communicatingcavities,having their upper and lower walls converging inwardly, alatch-bar 11, pivoted in said casing at the junction of said cavities, afiat spring secured in the casing and bearing against the under side ofone end of the latch-bar, a push-bar pivoted to said end and extendingthrough the casing, and a hook, having a beveled end, projecting fromthe latch-post and engaged by the free or opposite end of the casing,all arranged substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES W. NEWTON.

Witnesses:

M. R. REMLEY, S. B. FALOR.

